myrmecos.net

Iridomyrmex sanguineus nest
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

photograph © Alex Wild 2004

Iridomyrmex meat ants have large, conspicuous nests, shown here as the clearing in the foreground.

 
Australia, QLD: Mungkan Kandju National Park
28 km NNE Coen, McIlwraith range
24.viii.2004, 13º42.578'S 143º18.720'E, 420m
Open woodland, nest in soil.
#AW2489, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC

This image is copyrighted by the photographer and cannot be used without permission. To obtain permission to use this image, please email Alex Wild. (alwild (at) myrmecos.net).  Most of the photographs on myrmecos.net are reduced from their original size and compressed for more efficient web transmission.  In some cases, higher quality versions are available.

This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, with a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.